Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-07
PERSONAL,

MRS. FRANK LESLIE dazzles with so, 200
worth OF earrings.
GEORGE BANCROFT. TIE venerable historian,
has reappeared as a dinner-give
WILLIAM u. HowELL's wife says that her
husband writes as man saws WOOD.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT's new milk house
will have thing on 1t which cost over 81, 900.
CARDINAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN is sup
posed to be nearing mis- end. He was born in
1901.
OF MRS. HIcKs-LoRD it is said she well
preserves 1.-THE remains of beauty once ad-
mired.'
JUSTIN MCCARTHY is announce to lecture
on English statesmen, orators and parties, at
st. Louis, Feb. l6.
II is said that Secretary Manning is to sail
IN March with several Albany friends for the
Bahamas, Cuba and Florida.
JOHN s. dosBY is a tall. broad shouldered.
raw -boned man, spare OF flesh with a smooth
shaver face remarkably fair.
CHARLES FRNAcIs sADAMs left an estate
valued az Sl,O2j.)0O besides making generous
provision for each of his children while he
lived.
OAKRY HALL, formerly Mayor of New
York. has become naturalized English sub
ject. He says he never expects 10 see America
again.
Mrs. MARY ASHLEY TOWNSEND will edit
the new pl-mOnthly magazine soon TO ne is-
sued in New Orleans with the title Art and
Letters
Mr.. GLADSTONE considers yew the most
difficult tree 10 fell; next come beech and ash,
| Oak, though very hard. feils We'll: but the
easiest OF all Is spanish chestnut.
.SCHLIENANN. the explorer. is on the Nile
propos ing to ascend as far as the second cata :
ract. Next spring he Will make another at
tempt 10 eXcavate in the Island OF Crete.
MEK. ADELINA PATTI is one OF the most un
gracious OF women IN granting her auto
graph, ranking next to Nine. Nilsson in this
matter; but she Is collector herself and has
a magnificent bum.
MRS. ANY FARGUs, widow of Hugh Con-
way. has been compelled to again defend the
/ memory of her dead husband, by denying thar
he was the 8u' nor OF Bound by a SpeN,r q
novel now being published over his name
THE richest unmarried Hebrew in the
| world Is said to be the NiscOuni &c stern. VINO
! has just returned to Europe after a lew
weeks visit in America. He is a grave and
| silent man, whose countenance bears none OF
! the marked features OF his race.
:. J, TMDEN's ST. Bernard dog was be-
! queathed to Miss Celeste Staufer Of New
! Orleans. But the poor brute did not like the
/ climate, ana n spite of all the forts of his
| fair mistress he dropped and grew thin.
| Change Of air was recommended. and Miss
! Staufer has sent him TO her fathers farm in
| Lancaster county, Pa.
The MARQUIS OF QrEENsBERRY IS said to
I have offered to pay $4,000 toward the fund
| 10 be used in sending Stanley 10 the re lei OF
| Emin Boy, but Staney preferred to pick his
/ company and declined. II is calculated that
! It VIII cost $4,000 10 carry each European
! from start to finish. and 1t il for this reason
/ that stanley decided to depend almost en-
/ trely upon the natives.
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN Prncess Helena OF
| England is AZ present engaged on e transla-
! ten Of the memoirs OF the MARGARINE Of
! BAyreuth." The translation will be accom-
| panied by an introduction OF some length
! from the pen OF her royal highness, which
| will throw considerable light on the Influence
| which the Margarine possessed on the mind
! and actions Of her ilustrinus brother. Fred
| erick the Great. The volume will be ready
| before Easter.
! CAPT. w. GORDON McCABR, Of virginia,
! will lecture In Boston on the virginia OF
! ls64-ls65." Capt. McCabe was a gallant mem e.
! Der OF Pegrafn's battery, Army Of Northern
/ Virginia, and his published addresses on the
| events Of the late war have been trAns ated
/ into French and German, and are highly re-
/ gArded by distinguished European authori-
/ Iies. lie ia also one Of the most accom- plished
scholars in this country, and q critical ed
I ton OF Horace. To which he has devoted many
/ years Of study and preparation, will shortly
! be published By .Ie Harpcrs.